For me, being a debut novelist felt similar to being a new mother. First, there was curiosity, like when I…

I’ll be honest. I don’t like this week’s topic a bit. I have plenty of bad habits, but I’m from…

Ironically, I am on my way to a desert island today for two weeks! Well, okay, maybe more of a…

The Washington Post review of The Little Giant of Aberdeen County (my book was in the Washington Post!) temporarily confused…

I guess you could say there are two kinds of books in the world: introverted and extroverted. I’m personally a…

I totally agree with what everyone’s said this week. There are no easy answers when you write. You shouldn’t do…

Basically, there are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who move into a house, and have everything…

Oh my lord, is it ever lonely writing a novel. I’m talking bleak lonely. No one else on the beach,…

I was going to write the standard letter to my younger self (quit trying to lose ten pounds, learn to…

My children are grappling with God these days, partly because they’re at that age, but largely because we just sent…